The Last Days of Limehouse

Few people today know there was once a thriving Chinatown in London’s East End. Yellow Earth’s recent production took audiences on a journey into this forgotten world…

It started in Limehouse in 1958 when the local council was planning to bulldoze the last remnants of Limehouse Chinatown. As the local people decide how to embrace this redevelopment without losing their heritage, former Limehouse resident Eileen Cunningham returns to start a revolution….

This promenade production at historic Limehouse Town Hall took you into the heart of London’s original Chinatown to exploding the lurid myths of opium dens and sinister Chinese gangs, to reveal a place that was for generations of people, simply home.

“The central cast is excellent…. perhaps the most notable character here is Limehouse Chinatown itself, and the company have done an excellent job of portraying both the area as it was and, through yearning projected video footage, how little of it still exists.... The scene set in the hall, where objections to council plans are passionately debated as they were in the very same room half a century before, is an especially powerful example of generation-spanning magic at play in this masterpiece of evocative historical storytelling.”